Cabinet of Ministers withdraws mobilisation bill after emergency meeting

Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers held an unscheduled meeting on 11 January to withdraw bill No. 10378 on improving mobilisation, military registration and military service.

Source: Ukrainska Pravda sources in the Cabinet of Ministers

Details: According to our sources, the Ukrainian government held an emergency online meeting on 11 January.

Quote: "Any initiator [of a bill] can withdraw it prior to a decision being made by the (parliamentary) committee. Since the government initiated it, the government withdraws it."

Update: Another source later reported that the government had made the decision: "We have withdrawn it. It will be finalised, and we will re-submit it."

One source said officials were already working on revising the draft law and could submit it by the end of the day.

Previously: The government’s bill on improving mobilisation had sparked heated debate and discussions in the Ukrainian Parliament.

After several meetings with the military command on 11 January, Davyd Arakhamiia, leader of the Servant of the People party, said the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) had returned the bill to the government to be reviewed and finalised.

MPs also had to put forward proposals worked out in the committee and in working groups.

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